Description
This Keto Chocolate Pie features a rich, velvety chocolate custard filling inside a buttery almond flour crust. Low in carbs and sugar-free, it’s a decadent dessert perfect for a ketogenic lifestyle.
Ingredients
- Crust: 2 cups almond flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup powdered erythritol or monk fruit sweetener
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- Filling: 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup unsweetened almond milk
- 3/4 cup powdered erythritol or monk fruit sweetener
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar-free dark chocolate chips
- 3 large egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Optional Topping: 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tablespoon powdered erythritol
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Mix almond flour, cocoa powder, sweetener, and salt in a bowl.
- Add melted butter, vanilla, and egg. Mix to form a dough.
- Press dough into a 9-inch pie pan and prick bottom lightly with a fork.
- Bake 10–12 minutes until set. Cool completely.
- In a saucepan, whisk heavy cream, almond milk, sweetener, cocoa powder, and salt over medium heat until smooth and hot (not boiling).
- Stir in chocolate chips until melted.
- Whisk egg yolks in a bowl. Slowly add a small amount of hot mixture to temper, then return to saucepan.
- Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla.
- Pour filling into cooled crust and smooth top.
- Refrigerate at least 4 hours until fully set.
- For topping, whip cream with sweetener until soft peaks form and spread over chilled pie before serving.
Notes
- Use powdered sweetener to avoid grainy texture.
- Do not overheat filling to prevent curdling.
- Refrigerate up to 5 days.
- Freeze up to 2 months and thaw overnight.
- Best served chilled.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking and Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 38g
- Saturated Fat: 18g
- Unsaturated Fat: 17g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 4g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 160mg
